2012 Pulse Sign Up is Open

If you are interested in playing Pulse, Pittsburgh's U-16 youth club team, please sign up here.  Depending on the number of people who sign up, we may hold tryouts the weekend of June 9th.

Impulse Tryouts Announced

The tryouts for 2012 Impulse will be held on Saturday, June 2nd from 10 AM - 1 PM, and Monday, June 4th from 6 PM - 8 PM.  Both tryouts will be held at the Oakland fields where all League games are played.  If you are unable to make either tryout but are still interested in trying out for Impulse, please e-mail youthclubcoaching@gmail.com as soon as possible.  Please fill out the sign up form below as soon as you can.

Impulse Tryouts Sign Up Form

Registration is still open

There's still room for 2 more players in the League.  The Northeast, Central, and Northwest teams are full, but there are still spots available in the South.

The League schedule

All games will be played on the University of Pittsburgh grass IM fields located on the corner of Robinson Street Extension and Vera Street (behind the Charles L. Cost Center and next to the turf fields).


Winning team is bold

5/12/12
1 PM - Northeast vs. Central (Northwest and South skills clinic)
2 PM - Northeast vs. Central (Northwest and South skills clinic)
3 PM - Northeast and Central skills clinic

5/19/12
1 PM - Northwest vs. Central
2 PM - Northwest vs. Central
3 PM - Northwest and Central skills clinics

5/20/12
12 PM -  Northeast vs. South
1 PM - Northeast and South skills clinics
2 PM - Northeast vs. South

6/2/12
1 PM - South vs. Central
2:15 PM - Northwest vs. Northeast (South and Central skills clinics)
3:30 PM - South vs. Central (Northwest and Northeast skills clinics)
4:45 PM - Northwest vs. Northeast

6/3/12
1 PM - Northwest vs. South
2:15 PM - Northwest and South skills clinics
3:30 PM - Northwest vs. South

6/9/12
12 PM - Semifinals (1v4)
1:15 PM - Semifinals (2v3)
2:30 PM - 3rd place game
3:45 PM - Finals


Current Standings
Northeast (5-1) 
Northwest (4-2)
South (3-3)
Central (0-6) 

Introducing your League teams

Here are the respective teams for the League!  Expect a call from your coach either Monday or Tuesday.  Due to Northeasterns this weekend and PHUL playoffs still in full stride, there will NOT be regional team practices this week.  In addition, the South region and Northwest region will not have games this Saturday due to Mt. Lebanon and Hampton attending Northeasterns.  The games will be made up at a later weekend.

NORTHWEST

Sam Schurer

Jake Davis

Anish Manocha

Brian Boehmke

Scott Trimble

Bradley Romantic

Alex Lambert

Sam VanDusen

Austin Ruediger

Kevin Trimble

Kenny Zhou

James Vercellotti

Sahill Dadoo

Ben Kraus

Graema Kernick

Abhilash Dhanvada

Daniel Calabrese

Travis Terrell
Nick Haser
Max Rosenfeld
Stephen Cizek

Marcus Ranii-Dropcho (coach)

Scott Marsh (coach)

NORTHEAST

Rohith Rao

Connor Kaczmierczak

Richard Giza

Matt Hanna

Kelley McAndrews

Jimmy Towle

David Danko

Jack Slevin

Graham Walker

Clayton Cheng

Isaac Smith

Keil Toso

Spencer Riggins

Wally Gaida

Erik McLane

Gary Davis

Mark Schwoegl
Justin Wharrey 
Greg Good
Charon Tucker
Trez Jones

Tyler Degirolamo (coach)

Alex Thorne(coach)

SOUTH

Chen Su
Benjamin Daily

Brian Morgenlander

Andy Rogan

Dan Patrick

Josh Phillips

Connor Russell

David Claypool

Brodie Holifield

Isaiah Moran

Jack McCloskey

Mitch Matey

Max Sheppard

Pat Earles

Justin Abel

Julian Hausman (coach)

Joe Bender (coach)

Aaron Watson (coach)

CENTRAL

Arlo Geletko

Carl Morgenstern

Ben Morgenstern

Eli Ziff

Dan Block

Austin Suprak

Bobby Lincoln

Alan Yan

Leo Hildebrandt

Charles Hickerson

Thomas Chang

Brandon Frazier

Zackery Elias

Daniel Mrachko

Chris Hall

Anthony Hrubetz

Ben Moidel
Bruce Adams
Max Thompson
Aysar Gharaibeh
Daniel Goldstein

Zach Kauffman (coach)

David Hogan (coach)

Pat Every (coach)

 

Introducing The League...

Welcome to the first year of The League!  The League is a Pittsburgh-area youth club Ultimate league open to anyone under 19 years of age as of June 1, 2012.  It serves as a way for players to get more playing time after the conclusion of their PHUL season, and before the summer YCCs clubs hit full stride.  It will also serve as the qualifying league for Impulse both this year and in the future.  All players who plan on playing Impulse this summer must play in this league. Every team in The League will be coached by current University of Pittsburgh players.

What is the structure of The League?
Beginning the week preceding May 12th, every team will have one local practice and two centrally-located games.  Practices will be during the week and scheduled by their individual teams/coaches.  Games will be on weekends in Oakland on Pitt's campus.  There may also be skills clinics on game days while teams are not playing their games.

There will be regular-season games on May 12th, May 19th, and June 2nd.  Playoffs (semifinals and finals) will be played on June 9th.

There will be four regionally-based teams, each with a maximum team size of 20.  Players may play in the region they live if they choose, or play elsewhere if they so desire.

Meet the Coaches...


Northwest Region (Pine-Richland/Hampton area)


Marcus Ranii-Dropcho is a sophomore at Pitt, and in his second year on Pitt's A team.  He attended high school at Pine-Richland, and played for Impulse in 2009 and 2010.  He currently anchors Pitt's D line as one if its main handlers.

Scott Marsh is a grad student at Pitt, and playing his first year on Pitt.  He attended the University of Delaware for undergrad, where he played on Delaware Sideshow for four years, including one college nationals appearance.  He is also a D line handler.











Northeast Region (Fox Chapel area)

Alex Thorne is a fourth-year senior at Pitt.  He has played on Pitt's A team all four years.  A North Hills alum, he played for Impulse for four years. Al also played for Team USA at junior worlds in 2008, winning a world championship.  He is currently one of few favorites to win the Callahan award, awarded to the top college player each year.  Alex was 1st team Metro East freshman of the year in 2009, and 1st team all-region for the Ohio Valley region in 2011.

Tyler Degirolamo is a fourth-year senior at Pitt.  He has played on Pitt's A team all four years of his college career, and is one of three team captains.  He is also one of the few favorites to win the Callahan award this year.  The person he is jumping over in the picture to the left is 6'8".  Tyler was 2nd team Metro East freshman of the year (behind Alex) in 2009, and 1st team all-region for the Ohio Valley region in 2011.  Tyler loves candy.


























Central Region (Oakland/Squirrel Hill area)

Pat Every is a fourth-year senior at Pitt.  This is his third year on Pitt's A team as a D-line cutter.  He is universally known as one of the funniest people alive, and can bench well over 200 pounds.  He will not wear sleeves.

David Hogan played for Pitt's A team from 2006-2009 as a D-line cutter.  He is currently a trainer/assistant coach for Pitt, and coaches Pittsburgh's U-16 YCCs team in the summer.  He will also not wear sleeves.

Zach Kauffman is a junior at Pitt, a D-line cutter, and a team captain.  He attended Pennsbury high school, and played for Philadelphia's YCCs team for three years, winning a national championship once.  He was also 2nd-team Metro East Freshman of the Year in 2010.  Zach Kauffman will also not be seen wearing sleeves.  Don't worry.






















South Region (Mt. Lebanon/Upper St. Clair area)

Aaron Watson is a sophomore at Pitt, playing his second year on the A team as an O-line cutter.  A North Hills alum, he played for Impulse in 2009 and 2010.  His favorite hobbies include skying players on Florida, and skying players on Florida and then Tebowing.

Joe Bender is a freshman at Pitt, playing his first year on the A team as a D-line cutter. He attended high school at Mt. Lebanon, and played a huge role in getting Impulse into YCCs finals in 2011, including throwing the winning goal in semifinals against Boston.  He also played for Impulse in 2010 and 2009.

Julian Hausman is a Mt. Lebo grad and a fifth-year senior on Pitt.  As Ari Weitzman said, Julian is one of few players in college ultimate that could O-line handle one year and then cut on the D-line the next year.  The guy's versatile.  He played three years for Impulse, captaining two of those years.  He was also voted 2nd team All-Region for the Ohio Valley region in 2011.













The League will cost $40 per player.  Proceeds will go towards both U19 and U16 Pittsburgh Open YCCs teams.  Please e-mail league commissioner David Hogan at hogandavidp@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

2012 The League Sign-Up Form

Please complete and submit this form.  The deadline to sign up for The League will be May 6th.